Table 7.2  Coal Production, 1949-2011                      (Million Short Tons)
Year	Rank				Mining Method		Location		Total 1
	Bituminous Coal 1	Subbituminous Coal	Lignite	Anthracite 1	Underground	Surface 1	East of the  Mississippi 1	West of the  Mississippi 1
1949	437.9	[2]	[2]	42.7	358.9	121.7	444.2	36.4	480.6
1950	516.3	[2]	[2]	44.1	421.0	139.4	524.4	36.0	560.4
1951	533.7	[2]	[2]	42.7	442.2	134.2	541.7	34.6	576.3
1952	466.8	[2]	[2]	40.6	381.2	126.3	474.8	32.7	507.4
1953	457.3	[2]	[2]	30.9	367.4	120.8	457.7	30.6	488.2
1954	391.7	[2]	[2]	29.1	306.0	114.8	395.4	25.4	420.8
1955	464.6	[2]	[2]	26.2	358.0	132.9	464.2	26.6	490.8
1956	500.9	[2]	[2]	28.9	380.8	148.9	504.0	25.8	529.8
1957	492.7	[2]	[2]	25.3	373.6	144.5	493.4	24.7	518.0
1958	410.4	[2]	[2]	21.2	297.6	134.0	411.3	20.3	431.6
1959	412.0	[2]	[2]	20.6	292.8	139.8	412.4	20.3	432.7
1960	415.5	[2]	[2]	18.8	292.6	141.7	413.0	21.3	434.3
1961	403.0	[2]	[2]	17.4	279.6	140.9	398.6	21.8	420.4
1962	422.1	[2]	[2]	16.9	287.9	151.1	417.6	21.4	439.0
1963	458.9	[2]	[2]	18.3	309.0	168.2	453.5	23.7	477.2
1964	487.0	[2]	[2]	17.2	327.7	176.5	478.5	25.7	504.2
1965	512.1	[2]	[2]	14.9	338.0	189.0	499.5	27.4	527.0
1966	533.9	[2]	[2]	12.9	342.6	204.2	518.8	28.0	546.8
1967	552.6	[2]	[2]	12.3	352.4	212.5	536.0	28.9	564.9
1968	545.2	[2]	[2]	11.5	346.6	210.1	527.0	29.7	556.7
1969	547.2	8.3	5.0	10.5	349.2	221.7	537.7	33.3	571.0
1970	578.5	16.4	8.0	9.7	340.5	272.1	567.8	44.9	612.7
1971	521.3	22.2	8.7	8.7	277.2	283.7	509.9	51.0	560.9
1972	556.8	27.5	11.0	7.1	305.0	297.4	538.2	64.3	602.5
1973	543.5	33.9	14.3	6.8	300.1	298.5	522.1	76.4	598.6
1974	545.7	42.2	15.5	6.6	278.0	332.1	518.1	91.9	610.0
1975	577.5	51.1	19.8	6.2	293.5	361.2	543.7	110.9	654.6
1976	588.4	64.8	25.5	6.2	295.5	389.4	548.8	136.1	684.9
1977	581.0	82.1	28.2	5.9	266.6	430.6	533.3	163.9	697.2
1978	534.0	96.8	34.4	5.0	242.8	427.4	487.2	183.0	670.2
1979	612.3	121.5	42.5	4.8	320.9	460.2	559.7	221.4	781.1
1980	628.8	147.7	47.2	6.1	337.5	492.2	578.7	251.0	829.7
1981	608.0	159.7	50.7	5.4	316.5	507.3	553.9	269.9	823.8
1982	620.2	160.9	52.4	4.6	339.2	499.0	564.3	273.9	838.1
1983	568.6	151.0	58.3	4.1	300.4	481.7	507.4	274.7	782.1
1984	649.5	179.2	63.1	4.2	352.1	543.9	587.6	308.3	895.9
1985	613.9	192.7	72.4	4.7	350.8	532.8	558.7	324.9	883.6
1986	620.1	189.6	76.4	4.3	360.4	529.9	564.4	325.9	890.3
1987	636.6	200.2	78.4	3.6	372.9	545.9	581.9	336.8	918.8
1988	638.1	223.5	85.1	3.6	382.2	568.1	579.6	370.7	950.3
1989	659.8	231.2	86.4	3.3	393.8	586.9	599.0	381.7	980.7
1990	693.2	244.3	88.1	3.5	424.5	604.5	630.2	398.9	1,029.1
1991	650.7	255.3	86.5	3.4	407.2	588.8	591.3	404.7	996.0
1992	651.8	252.2	90.1	3.5	407.2	590.3	588.6	409.0	997.5
1993	576.7	274.9	89.5	4.3	351.1	594.4	516.2	429.2	945.4
1994	640.3	300.5	88.1	4.6	399.1	634.4	566.3	467.2	1,033.5
1995	613.8	328.0	86.5	4.7	396.2	636.7	544.2	488.7	1,033.0
1996	630.7	340.3	88.1	4.8	409.8	654.0	563.7	500.2	1,063.9
1997	653.8	345.1	86.3	4.7	420.7	669.3	579.4	510.6	1,089.9
1998	640.6	385.9	85.8	5.3	417.7	699.8	570.6	547.0	1,117.5
1999	601.7	406.7	87.2	4.8	391.8	708.6	529.6	570.8	1,100.4
2000	574.3	409.2	85.6	4.6	373.7	700.0	507.5	566.1	1,073.6
2001	1 611.3	434.4	80.0	1 1.9	380.6	1 747.1	1 528.8	1 598.9	1 1,127.7
2002	572.1	438.4	82.5	1.4	357.4	736.9	492.9	601.4	1,094.3
2003	541.5	442.6	86.4	1.3	352.8	719.0	469.2	602.5	1,071.8
2004	561.5	465.4	83.5	1.7	367.6	744.5	484.8	627.3	1,112.1
2005	571.2	474.7	83.9	1.7	368.6	762.9	493.8	637.7	1,131.5
2006	561.6	515.3	84.2	1.5	359.0	803.7	490.8	672.0	1,162.7
2007	542.8	523.7	78.6	1.6	351.8	794.8	478.2	668.5	1,146.6
2008	555.3	539.1	75.7	1.7	357.1	814.7	493.3	678.5	1,171.8
2009	504.1	496.4	72.5	1.9	332.1	742.9	449.6	625.3	1,074.9
2010	R 489.5	R 514.8	R 78.2	R 1.8	R 337.2	R 747.2	R 446.2	R 638.2	R 1,084.4
2011	E 500.5	E 510.5	E 81.0	E 2.3	E 345.5	E 748.8	E 455.8	E 638.5	P 1,094.3
1Beginning in 2001, includes a small amount of refuse recovery. Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 2Included in "Bituminous Coal." Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/coal/. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  E=Estimate.   Sources:  ·  1949-1975—Bureau of Mines, Minerals Yearbook, "Coal—Bituminous and Lignite" and "Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite" chapters.  ·  1976—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Energy Data Reports, Coal—Bituminous and Lignite in 1976 and Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite 1976.  ·  1977 and 1978—EIA, Energy Data Reports, Bituminous Coal and Lignite Production and Mine Operations—1977; 1978, Coal—Pennsylvania Anthracite 1977; 1978, and Coal Production, annual reports.  ·  1979 and 1980—EIA, Energy Data Reports, Weekly Coal Report and Coal Production, annual reports. ·  1981-1988—EIA, Weekly Coal Production and Coal Production, annual reports.  ·  1989-2000—EIA, Coal Industry Annual, annual reports.  ·  2001-2010—EIA, Annual Coal Report, annual reports. ·  2011—EIA, Quarterly Coal Report October-December 2011 (April 2012), Table 1; EIA, Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report"; and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."